In the United States, the force of a tornado is judged by the damage to structures.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

The tornado bulletin brought the Air Force attention from the public and local media.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

However, tornado forecasts were only available to Air Force weather offices and were still not issued by the Weather Bureau.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

The result of the SDSR is likely to be a much smaller force, with the RAF expected to bear the brunt of cuts - perhaps retiring its Tornado fast jets earlier than planned, scrapping the Nimrod MRA4 and losing up to 7, 000 personnel.

BBC: Coalition's difficulties in defence